It Is The Turning Point

It Is The Turning Point

“Change today?” the beggar asked. There was a touch of anger. Some sarcasm. A bit of sadness too. My son glanced up at me sideways. “So now you want to be a father?” I’d been endeavoring to share some hard-earned, had-fought,...
That Giant Flushing Sound

That Giant Flushing Sound

It’s December, and you’re being pulled into the vortex of time. The maelstrom is all around you! Can you feel it? After Halloween, the year just seems to accelerate. After Thanksgiving, the days move forward at warp speed. The commitments and the demands and the...
Into This Darkness

Into This Darkness

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build...
Magic In The Starting

Magic In The Starting

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. — Goethe It didn’t matter that I had sealed the seams.  Or that we had a tub floor.  Or that I had put a tarp over the site.  Water was everywhere. The...
A Terrible Thief

A Terrible Thief

There’s no way you can justify it. Yet you indulge it in nearly every minute of every day. Distraction. Distraction is a thief and a killer. It robs you of your focus, your attention, and your precious time. It robs you of the capacity to read, write, and...